Heat Wave Continues in the West; Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

An anomalously early heat wave will continue to intensify and expand across the West and Southwest as the week progresses. Numerous daily and potentially monthly record highs are expected to be broken. Critical fire weather conditions will continue over the next couple of days across portions of the High Plains as gusty winds and dry conditions persist. Read More >

EXTREME WEATHER STREAKS
ALEXANDRIA

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=100°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	22	7/25-8/15, 2023	108	103.9
2	14	7/29-8/11, 1924	104	101.4
t3	12	8/16-27, 1902	107	104.0
t3	12	8/12-23, 2011	106	102.0
5	11	8/17-27, 2023	110	107.3
6	10	7/21-30, 1907	104	101.6
7	9	8/6-14, 1962	104	101.7
t8	8	7/12-19, 1980	103	102.4
t8	8	8/30-9/6, 2000	109	105.5
t10	7	8/6-12, 1907	105	103.0
t10	7	8/8-14, 1925	103	101.9
t10	7	8/28-9/3, 1951	104	101.0

Most Consecutive Days with High Temps >=90°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Temp	Avg Temp
1	98	6/7-9/12, 2023	110	99.1
2	84	6/2-8/24, 1948	104	97.2
3	73	6/13-8/24, 1930	104	98.0
4	61	7/1-8/30, 1899	103	97.4
5	59	7/2-8/19, 1962	104	97.1
6	58	7/6-9/1, 1924	105	99.3
7	57	7/25-9/19, 1947	107	98.1
t8	53	7/31-9/21, 1906	105	99.1
t8	53	6/6-7/28, 1954	104	96.5
10	51	5/21-7/10, 1953	102	95.0

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=28°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	18	1/15-2/1, 1940	8	19.6
2	9	1/5-13, 2010	16	22.2
t3	8	2/7-14, 1899	3	17.4
t3	8	12/15-22, 1901	15	18.8
t3	8	1/19-26, 1960	22	25.5
t6	7	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Low Temps <=32°F
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	Low Temp	Avg Temp
1	22	1/13-2/3, 1948	4	25.1
2	20	1/14-2/2, 1940	8	20.7
3	19	1/7-25, 1918	9	25.1
4	14	1/4-17, 1912	15	24.4
t5	13	2/6-18, 1895	9	22.5
t5	13	12/6-18, 1903	21	27.5
t5	13	12/14-26, 1963	17	24.9
t5	13	1/2-14, 2010	16	24.6
t5	13	2/1-13, 2011	20	25.8
t10	12	1/7-18, 1939	10	22.9
t10	12	12/16-27, 1989	7	20.4

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=1.00"
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
t1	4	5/11-14, 1946	1.68	1.31
t1	4	5/15-18, 1953	4.40	2.43
t1	4	6/27-30, 1989	3.48	2.07
t1	4	3/9-12, 2016	2.38	1.50
t1	4	8/28-31, 2017	2.65	1.58
t6	3	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days with Rain Totals >=.01"
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates	High Amt	Avg Amt
1	15	7/25-8/8, 1900	1.80	0.46
2	11	12/5-15, 1972	1.17	0.37
t3	10	11/9-18, 1898	2.03	0.52
t3	10	7/26-8/4, 1908	2.40	0.89
t3	10	12/9-18, 1961	2.10	0.78
t3	10	9/9-18, 2009	0.85	0.24
t3	10	8/12-21, 2016	2.21	0.70
t3	10	5/27-6/5, 2024	1.28	0.44
t9	9	Numerous times	--	--

Most Consecutive Days without Measurable Rainfall (<.01")
Alexandria
1892-2025

	# Days	Dates
1	59	9/23-11/20, 1924
2	51	9/15-11/4, 1952
3	44	5/13-6/25, 1917
4	40	9/18-10/27, 1929
t5	36	1/4-2/8, 1911
t5	36	9/20-10/25, 1953
t5	36	5/1-6/5, 1998
t8	35	4/24-5/28, 1899
t8	35	9/26-10/30, 2005
t10	33	Numerous times

* streak does not include one or more missing days
Temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit
Precipitation in inches
'High Temp'/'Low Temp' denotes highest/lowest temperature recorded during the streak
'High Amt' denotes highest rainfall recorded during the streak
'Avg Temp/Amt' denotes the average high/low/rain amount during the streak

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Heat Wave Continues in the West; Critical Fire Weather Conditions in the High Plains

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